A mother is warning children and parents of the dangers of social media after her 13-year-old daughter was exploited on Snapchat by someone claiming to be a modelling agent.

The woman from Wrexham, who regularly checks her daughter's phone, was sickened to find a number of inappropriate messages from an unknown person when she was looking through the teenager's Snapchat account.

The schoolgirl was approached in January by somebody using Snapchat under the name New Faces Models - a name very similar to New Face Models, a legitimate modelling support service run by Blue Rooms Limited in London.

Blue Rooms Limited has confirmed the person has "no affiliation" with the company and said it would "never send a 'friend request’ online to a model".

The person started a conversation with the child by asking whether she was interested in becoming a model, before telling her the company "don't deal with parents" until a potential model has been offered a job.

After telling her she had an "amazing face" and that they were "really impressed" with an image she had sent, they offered her a "Snapchat video interview" for a "modelling position".

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However, they warned that she would not be able to see or hear them during the call as their camera and microphone would be "locked" because they were using a work phone and all questions would be sent by text.

After asking whether she was wearing "something that somewhat shows off your body and figure", the person said the crop top and pyjama bottoms she had on "sounds good" - despite the girl confirming she was only 13.

The schoolgirl was approached by somebody using the name New Faces Models (Image: Daily Post Wales)

While the girl was on video, the person asked whether she had ever smoked or drank alcohol before telling her that her "body looks amazing", she was "a ready made model", and that she was "too pretty to hang up on".

She later asked for the company's address, to which they replied they "can't give out the address to unsigned people".

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Following the video call, the person told the 13-year-old she had an "extremely good chance" of getting a job and that they would be in touch in about a week to let her know.

After discovering the messages the following day, her mother added the Snapchat account under a false profile where she posed as a 12-year-old girl.

These messages were sent from the account during the girl's video "interview" (Image: Daily Post Wales)

The person immediately asked for five images to review her appearance to see whether she would qualify for a "video interview over Snapchat".

They mocked her for telling them she would talk to her mother first, before reassuring her they were a "model agent with New Face Models" and that they had "nothing to gain" from tricking her.

She then revealed that she was the mother of the girl they had spoken to previously, and told them she would be reporting it to the police.

The person responded by again claiming that they were a legitimate model agent.

They said they would be reporting the mother for "harassment", and denied there had been a video call with her daughter.

Neither the mother nor her daughter have had more contact with the account, and the mother later reported the account to North Wales Police.

"I said I was just 12 and they were still happy to try to get me on the camera," she said.

"I genuinely believe it’s a predator who is grooming young girls.

"I still think my daughter is too young to have social media but, when all her friends have it, it’s hard to say no.

"I don’t think she understood the severity of it and how it could have been so much worse, so I've sat her down and explained about these people and how they work.

"It’s really shaken me up and now my daughter has a better understanding. It has shaken her up too.

These messages were sent from the account during the girl's video "interview" (Image: Daily Post Wales)

"Even if this raises awareness for parents to check devices from time to time, I’ll be happy. I just hope this sick individual gets caught."

A spokesman for North Wales Police said: "North Wales Police can confirm that complaints have been made and the force is looking into the matter."

A spokesman for Blue Rooms Limited, said: "I can confirm to the best of our knowledge that the individual mentioned claiming to be from New Face Models on Snapchat has no affiliation at all with our company The Blue Rooms (London) Limited."